Will Smith initially rejected the memorable "Hitch" scene on Ellis Island because he thought Black people didn't immigrate ...

He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily, to ...

When their stay at the hotel in Brooklyn ran out, Giranny and her family moved to Chicago ... Xinhua News Agency/Newscom; Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, 1907 - Shorpy.com ...

Immigration is central to America's identity — and for most of us, to our family histories. As we turn away from that legacy, ...

“Hitch” director Andy Tennant marked the 20th anniversary of the romantic-comedy with a new Business Insider interview in ...

Have you had enough immigrant-bashing? I know I have. And since I’ve written about this subject before, I’ve heard from readers who are tired of it too. Immigrants are now lumped into one general ...

Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would ...

So I'm trying to save the sequence, and lo and behold, we find out that James' family came through ... did not pass through Ellis Island or play a role in the immigration waves of the 20th century ...